Late last year, an attacker known as "Matrix" orchestrated a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by exploiting vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices. By leveraging ...

KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 terabits of data per second (a terabit is one trillion bits of data).

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks come in many shapes and sizes, as do the myths surrounding them. These myths can center on motivations, DDoS attack vectors and techniques, mitigation ...